Comments on: Secrets of the world's most successful tumbleweed farmhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html
Brain candy for Happy MutantsMon, 30 Mar 2015 20:24:05 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: epinastyhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1701221
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:58:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1701221 To most listeners, this is a charming and amusing story. However, I kid you not, I am a weed scientist. To me it is very alarming because these weeds drop thousands of seeds as they tumble…or as they get shipped across the country! This could lead to infestations where there were none before. Alas, to fight that is to fight human nature itself. Weeds are a human phenomenon!
]]>By: Michael Hogsetthttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699853
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:50:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699853Why can’t I order one?
]]>By: jaytkayhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699804
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:27:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699804I occasionally find tumbleweeds in my alley in Chicago.

I didn’t know they were simply dried up plants, I imagined a neighbor had transplanted some exotic invasive western species.

]]>By: Lucy Gothrohttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699559
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:46:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699559Russian thistle, I’ve heard it called.
]]>By: silkoxhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699195
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:20:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699195When I was a kid, one of our city friends took a couple of tumbleweeds (Salsola tragus, IIRC) home and spray-painted them silver. Did any of us pay attention? We did not.
]]>By: Nash Ramblerhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699185
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:11:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699185I’m telling you, when western movies make their comeback in a big way, the tumbleweed farmer is going to be sitting on a goldmine. A GOLDMINE PEOPLE.
]]>By: James O'Neillhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699164
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:41:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699164wind-brahmin
]]>By: gfishhttp://boingboing.net/2013/04/10/secrets-of-the-worlds-most-s.html#comment-1699155
Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:29:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=223770#comment-1699155Now THAT is the genius of the free market at work.
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